1305.1 The prescribing practitioner and the pharmacist shall be jointly responsible for compliance with this chapter in prescribing and dispensing a controlled substance.

1305.2 A prescription for a controlled substance shall be issued or dispensed only for a legitimate medical purpose by an individual practitioner acting in the usual course of his or her professional practice.

1305.3 A prescription for a controlled substance shall be issued for treatment of individual patients. A prescription for a controlled substance shall not be issued to an individual practitioner for general dispensing purposes.

1305.4 A prescription for a controlled substance listed in any schedule shall be used for the purpose of continuing the patient's dependency only when its issuance is pursuant to authorized clinical treatment in a narcotic treatment rehabilitation program.

1305.5 Any person issuing a prescription and any person knowingly filling a prescription which is not in conformity with this chapter shall be subject to the penalties provided for violations of the Act and this chapter.

1305.6 An order purporting to be a prescription issued not in the usual course of professional treatment or in legitimate and authorized research is not a prescription within the meaning and intent of the Act, and a person knowingly filling such a prescription, and the person issuing it, shall both be subject to the penalties provided for violations of the provisions of law relating to controlled substances.

SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 33 DCR 1046, 1067 (February 21, 1986); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 53 DCR 10055 (December 22, 2006).